Improvement in pruning implements



J. W. GOGSWELL. Pruning Implement. No. 222,384.

Patented Dec. 9, I879.

NPETEHS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASH NGTON D C 1 To all whom it may concern V Be it known that I, JOHN W. OOGSWELL, of t the town of Erie, in thecountyl of Monroe and i 9 State of Michigan, have invented a new and i usefulImprovementin Pruning Instruments, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to all'ofthatclass of pruning instruments in which the cutting is v intact with the limb or stroke.

. Specification forming partof Letters PatentNoljlflgs l, December 9, 1879; application p i i it p August 9, 1js19. 1 p

performed by brin gingthe cuttin g-edge in con bymeans of a sudden blow The object of my invention is toprovide an i attachable part suitable for ausucn pruning instruments, which shall serveas a guide to direct theforce of thestroke, and also to obtain the full benefit of the stroke, which I claim is not obtained by other devices. 1

The invention consists'in astraight smooth -tine or shaft, round orother suitable shape, made of steel orother suitable material, and

ofalength suflicient to obtain asuitable stroke, the same being forged orwelded to or fastened by means of bolts, screws. or rivets to the edge- 4 of the cutting-blade, which piece terminates i back of the fastening in a projection to be used topull out the limbs cut 01f from the tree- JOHN w fjcoeswnnn, 501i JMIGHIGAN.

Impact; MEN f i'N PR u Nine iiMPL; M EHNTS.

a The device may bebetter'understood byreference to the drawing hereto annexed,in which? Arepresents the blade of an ordinaryprun ingchisel B, the socket, to receive a handle; and 0. the cutting-edge, shaped into a single bevel or otherwise, as desired. or guide, made solid upon or attached by suita ble means, as above described, 'to the edge of R the bladeA. E is a projection forming apart of vthe piece D, which forms, when attached -tothe blade, a hook, with which the limbs cut from the tree may be pulled out. i

' Having thus described my invention, what I claim asnew, and desire to securebyLetters Patent, is

J i In apru'ning implement, the guide-or rest 1),having integral therewith a projection, E, 7

v which forms a hook when attached to the blade;

substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

Witnesses: J OHN KIRKUP,

WILLIAM A. BoUoHER.

D is the rest f JOHN w. ooeswE n: i 

